Heater.



GEORGE '1. MIDBY, 0F PLEN'IYWOOD, MONTANA.

HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application filed. May 27, 1912. Serial No. 699,949.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. MIDBY, a citizen of the United States,resident of Plentywood, in the county of Valley and State of Montana,have made a certain new and useful Invention in Heaters; and I declarethe following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 1-1, Fig. 2, ofa sleigh constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of a sleigh constructed in accordance with my invention, with theseat and the false bottom removed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3,Fig. 2.

The invention has relation to heaters which are adapted particularly foruse with sleighs and other vehicles.

The main object of the invention is to provide means for keeping theseat and floor of the vehicle in a heated condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the heatedair will circulate under the seat, and under the floor.

A. further object is to provide a sleigh body well capable of beingheated, which is composed of few parts, and is strong and durable.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations ofparts, as hereinafter set forth, it bein understood that various changesin the form, proportions, size, and minor details of construction with--in the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter A,designates a sleigh body, which includes the usual side walls 5, 5;front end wall 6; rear end wall 7 and bottom 8, said body beingpreferably formed from sheet metal. The upper edges of the front andrear walls are curved at 6*, and '7 respectively.

Secured to the bottom 8, and side walls 5, 5, and disposed in spacedrelation to the rear wall 7, is a transverse partition 9; the bottom 8,rear wall 7, and partition 9, being connected by means of a longitudinalpartition 10 located intermediately of the side walls 5 and terminatingat its upper end in contact with a horizontal partition 11, saidhorizontal partition extending across the body to one of the side walls5. By this means there is provided at the rear of the partition 9, alamp chamber 12, in which is mounted a lamp casing 13, having a door 14.A heater or lamp 15 is located in this casing. Extending from the upperend of the casing is a transverse hot air conduit 16, said conduitresting upon the horizontal partition 11, and having its outlet endspaced apart from the adjacent side wall 5 of the body. A pipe 17, hasone end passing through the partition 11, in communication with theconduit 16, the other end of said pipe projecting through the lower portion of the partition 9, adjacent to the bottom 8.

Communicating with the lower end of the casing 13, is one end of an airinlet pipe 18, said pipe having its other end projecting through thetransverse partition 9, adjacent to the bottom thereof.

Formed in the partition 9, adjacent to the casing 13, is an opening 19,having a door 20, by means of which the door 1& of the casing may bereadily reached for convenient access to the lamp.

My invention further comprises a seat 21, which is also preferablyformed of sheet metal, and is bent longitudinally to form a back 22, thelongitudinal edge 22 of which is rearwardly curved for engagement withthe upper edge of the curve 7 of the rear wall 7, the front edge of saidseat being also curved at 23, for engagement with the top of thepartition 9. A pair of spring rods or bars 24c, 24, rest upon the top ofthe transverse partition and having connection at their rear ends withthe rear wall of the sleigh, said rods serving to support the seat. Theback 22, of the seat is spaced apart from the rear wall 7, this relationbeing preserved by means of bowed brackets 22". The seat is held inraised position above the partition 11, by the rods 24;. The hot airfrom the conduit 16 may readily circulate under the seat and. in rear ofthe back 22.

Attached to the front portion of the bottom 8 is a filler block 25, andsecured to the side walls 5, intermediate of said block and thetransverse partition are angle bars 26, the upper faces of said barsbeing in the same plane as the upper face of said block. A false bottom27, is secured upon the angle bars 26 and the block 25. By this meansthe false bottom is held spaced from the bottom 8 of the body to form ahot air compartment. Some of the hot air which passes through theconduit 16, will pass downwardly through the pipe 17 and thence into thecompartment below the false bottom 27 and will return to the lamp casing18, by way of the air inlet pipe 18. In order to convey the hot airforwardly of said compartment, a baffle plate 28 is provided between thebottom 8 and the false bottom 27.

Secured to the inner face of the rear wall 7 are a spaced pair ofbrackets 29, which support a gasolene or other fuel tank 80, saidtankbeing located in the angle between the wall 7 and the seat back 22,and being connected to theheater 15 by a pipe 31. I The hot air from theheater will have circulation under and in rear of the seat and in thefioor of the vehicle thus insuring warmth to the occupants of thevehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a vehicle body, a seat, a false bottom thereforspaced apart from the seatbottom, a floor having a false bottom spacedapart therefrom, said seat having a vertical compartment at one endthereof, a heater located in said compartment, a hot air duct leadingfrom said heater and communicating with the space between the seat andits false bottom and the space between the floor and its false bottom,and a hot air duct leading from said last named space and communicatingwith the heater.

2. The combination with a vehicle body including a bottom, side wallsand a rear wall, of a seat having a forward downwardly extending wallconnecting said side walls and spaced apart from said rear Wall, and aback wall spaced apart from said rear wall, a vertical longitudinalpartition located intermediately of said side walls and connecting saidforward wall and said rear wall, a false bottom for the vehicle spacedapart from the vehicle bottom, a false bottom for said seat extendingfrom one side wall spaced apart from the seat bottom and terminating atsaid partition to provide a vertical compartment communicating with thespace between the seat and its false bottom and with the space betweenthe back wall of the seat and the rear wall of said body, a heaterlocated in said compartment, a hot air duct leading from said heater andcommunicating with the space between the seat and its false bottom andthe space between the fioor and its false bottom, and a hot air ductleading from said last named space and communicating with the heater.

8. The combination with a vehicle body including a bottom, side walls,and front and rear end-walls, of a transverse partition connecting thebottom and side walls and spaced apart from the rear end-wall, a seatsupported at its front edge upon said partition, a back for the seatspaced apart from the rear end-wall and having its uppertend connectedto the upper edge of the rear wall,

a longitudinal partition connecting the bottom, rear wall, and thetransverse partition and located intermediately of the side walls,

a horizontal partition extending from the longitudinal partition to oneof the side Walls, a casing supported upon the bottom of the vehicleintermediately of said longitudinal partition and the other side wall, ahot air conduit projecting from the upper end of said casing over saidhorizontal partition and terminating in spaced relation to the adjacentside wall, a false bottom forwardly of said transverse partition. andabove and spaced apart from the bottom of said'body, a hot air conduitcommunicating at one end with the first named conduit and at its otherend with the space under said false bottom, a heater within said casing,and an air inlet pipe communicating at one end with the space belowsaidfalse bottom and at its other end with said casing.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE T. MIDBY. Witnesses:

HENRY 0. Bowen, N. L. NELSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents'eaoh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. C.

